Background
The petitioner, David Lopez-Romero, appealed a district court decision to the Tenth Circuit. The respondents included the Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Director of the El Paso Field Office, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and the Attorney General of the United States.
The court’s reasoning
The court considered the Appellant’s unopposed motion to dismiss. The court granted the motion pursuant to Tenth Circuit Rule twenty-seven point five subsection A nine and Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure forty-two subsection B.
What it means going forward
The dismissal ends the appellate proceedings without a decision on the merits of the immigration claims.